Pacing ourselves?

Are we pacing ourselves, or are we gathering pace? Looking at our packed schedule for today and the next few days, we think it’s all gathering pace!! In a very nice way, of course, seeing friends and family and getting out and about.

We were both up early this morning – me, because yoga was scheduled for 8.30; and John, because Richard was coming to visit at 10.30. I hadn’t realised Richard was arriving mid-morning, so I was just nicely back from yoga – eating a piece of toast, drinking a cup of tea, sitting in the rocking chair looking out at the flora and fauna of our garden – when the doorbell rang.

I was delighted to see Richard, but my initial reaction was that he was here early. “I’m ten minutes late actually,” he said. Ah….. it was then that I realised the visit had been set for mid-morning. John was just finishing his shower and getting ready.

We had a lovely time with Richard, mulling over the world’s events, our own ailments, telling amusing stories and so on. I declined lunch and sent the boys on their way to Oakes’ to have a bite to eat. I thought John would relish the man-on-man talk, which he did.

The boys were back just before three o’clock, having been for a little walk in the Katharine’s Wood park. They sat back in the armchairs and settled in to enjoy a bit more chat, before Richard thought he ought to go home. We were all relaxing and enjoying each other’s company when we had to say our goodbyes.

To round off the day, I wondered if John would like to pop over to the Kenilworth Newbies for an hour or two at tea-time, as we hadn’t seen them for a little while. He was up for the treat but, in the end, they came to us and enjoyed a fish ‘n chip supper. The children were excited to be at our house and we had a wonderful playtime.

Ah… what a lovely, lovely day! Full again, but worth it. And I have to confess that I was secretly pleased that our prayer group meeting was cancelled this evening – I needed to put my feet up!!!

Take care everyone. God bless.